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MICHauto, Michigan’s automotive and mobility cluster association, in partnership with PlanetM, published a report highlighting Michigan’s mobility ecosystem. The report details everything from the state’s pilot projects to its education pipeline, connecting the state’s robust automotive and manufacturing past to its mobility future. It also showcases how the state’s business climate has played a key role in attracting top talent as well as technology companies needed for the success of the mobility industry.

LANSING, Mich. –The future has arrived at Farm Bureau Insurance of Michigan in the form of chatbot technology that learns from and adapts to customer cues. Supportomate is the high-tech startup from Israel behind this innovative artificial intelligence (AI) driven chatbot and one of the first graduates of LEAP’s PROTO Accelerator InsurTech program.

At the Numismatic Literary Guild (NLG) Annual Awards Ceremony on August 15, 2019, Liberty Coin Service’s Communications Officer Patrick A. Heller was honored with awards for Best Investment Newsletter and Best Radio Report. The awards ceremony was conducted during the American Numismatic Association World’s Fair of Money held in Rosemont, Illinois.

FLINT, Mich. (August 19, 2019)–Baker College, Michigan’s largest, private not-for-profit college and the top private transfer school in the state, has been designated as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense Education (CAE-CDE) by the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Gary Peters (MI) and Debbie Stabenow (MI) are urging the Labor Department to rescind its recent proposal that would diminish Michigan’s and other successful registered apprenticeship programs. The Senators joined a number of their colleagues in a letter to Acting Labor Secretary Patrick Pizzella requesting he reverse the Department’s decision to form “industry-recognized apprenticeship programs” (IRAPs), which would not provide recipients the same benefits and protections as long-established registered apprenticeships.

LANSING/FLINT, MI – Peckham, Inc. will host a community open house event to celebrate the opening of its manufacturing facility on Thursday, Sept. 5, 2019 from 3:30 to 5 p.m. There will be a ribbon cutting, and brief program beginning at 4 p.m. This event is free and open to the public.

WASHINGTON, DC– U.S. Senator Gary Peters, Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, is pressing the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for information on how drug shortages and pricing practices affect patients, hospitals, and consumers in Michigan and across the country. Peters is seeking information on the Administration’s efforts to counter drug shortages and requesting the release of the FDA’s annual drug shortages report, which was due to Congress in March.

LANSING, Mich. – For its efforts in establishing a solid foundation to attract private investment and further build on municipality assets, the city of Hillsdale has been awarded the Redevelopment Ready Communities(RRC) certification, the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) announced.